Table 1.

Helical parameters for budding yeast and human recombinases

	RecA	ScDmc1	ScRad51	HsDmc1	HsRad51
Persistence length (nm)	464 ± 42.2 (630a)	507 ± 45.2	543 ± 45.3	–	(190 ± 12f)
Helical pitch (Å)	96b	101 ± 7.0	101 ± 6.5 (99c)	103 ± 7.5 (100e)	102 ± 7.7 (99g)
Filament diameter (Å)	110b	119 ± 9.1	118 ± 7.8	120 ± 7.3	119 ± 8.2
Helical stoichiometry (bp/turn)	18.6b	∼19	19.9 ± 0.5 (18.6c)	19.1 ± 0.2	19.2 ± 0.4 (18.6h)
Helical handedness	Rightb	Right	Rightd	–	–

^aRef. (36).

^bRef. (23).

^cRef. (24).

^dRef. (25).

^eRef. (18).

^fRef. (38).

^gRef. (40).

^hRef. (39).

Values determined in this study are indicated in bold. Previously reported values are given in non-bold font with sources indicated by footnote.